Lucy can't help but stay up and wait for her daughter Chris to return home from a date. Having embarrassed her the first time, Lucy swears she will never wait up for her again. Yet fate finds her backing out of her word and a locked door may get Lucy caught, unless she can find a way back in through an opened upstairs window.
Lucy's scheme to get a date with Jerry's math teacher backfires after she ends up in possession of his wallet to see whether or not he is married. To secretly return his license, Lucy must don a fencing outfit.
Lucy's attempt to be a referee for Jerry's YMCA football game finds her help to be more of a hindrance. Her motherly devotion has Lucy leaning her rulings on the field to favor Jerry's team.
Lucy's attempt to teach her banker a lesson backfires after she cashes a check for $2000 that was meant to be $20. Meanwhile, the women decide to lose weight, but Viv ends up buying a box of candy. Lucy uses the box to hide the money in, but when Harry finds out she is off her diet, gives the candy box to the boys to eat at the carnival.
Lucy buys a sheep named Clementine to tend to her lawn mowing duties, but unexpected weather makes her an unwelcome house guest.
Harry schemes to bring the egos of former WAVES Lucy and Viv back down to earth after being chosen to do a trial test for women in space.
Mr. Barnsdahl arranges for Lucy to be a temporary secretary in Manhattan. After making a shambles out of the office, she is sent off to deliver important documents. While travelling across town she decides to buy Jerry's bike for his birthday and ruins her clothing, causing her to don a kangaroo suit while delivering the papers.
Lucy feigns being a music efficianato in order to find a date her friend Audrey Simmons. Her choice is an eligible doctor who is also a music lover. But Viv's love for music is what catches his eye.
Lucy enlists Viv to help her fix a TV antenna up on the roof.
Vivian teaches Lucy a lesson. After injuring herself on a carelessly discarded toy, an uninsured Lucy is afraid Viv will sue her for medical expenses and waits on her hand and foot.
A disagreement over who will use the house for their date leaves Lucy and Viv building on a new addition to their home.
After Lucy's surprise bedroom makeover ends up a mess, the girls wind up sleeping in the boys room, complete with bunk beds.
A clash of different Christmas traditions threaten to send the Carmichael's and Bagley's back to their hometowns for the holidays. Maybe the kids spirit of good will can save the holidays for the gang.
Chris' attempt to throw a New Year's Eve party without interference from the adults ends up a disaster until Lucy and Viv return home to lend some entertainment.
Lucy's sister Marge pays a visit after leaving her new husband Hughie. Lucy convinces them they need to have a big wedding that they missed by eloping, but ends in disaster.
Lucy's letter writing campaign results in the formation of the first Danfield fired department, with Lucy and Viv as captains.
Lucy, working as a newspaper reporter, poses as Viv to get an interview with Vivian's former flame.
After the plumber quits, Lucy and Viv try installing a shower in the guest bathroom.
Lucy seeks the aide of a voice teacher to earn a spot on the Volunteer Fireman's Barbershop Quartet.
Lucy, Viv and Eddie are under investigation when they start selling caramel popcorn from their residence.
Lucy and Harry are tired of spending each date with Viv and Eddie. To earn some time alone, Lucy and Harry create a story about having tickets for the football game. But this was all a rouse as they are really headed to a restaurant, and who do they run into? Viv and Eddie with reservations for the same place.
Lucy and Viv decide to take a self defense class of Judo to combat the sudden rash of burglaries in the area.
Chris wants to march in the parade as a majorette, but needs to get a job to buy the uniform. She gets a part time job at Wilbur's Ice Cream Parlor and raises the money, but is scheduled to work the day of the parade. Lucy and Viv decide they will work selling ice cream to free Chris up for her big day.
Lucy volunteers to help collect old newspapers to raise money to buy new uniforms for the volunteer fire department.
Jerry and Sherman's cub scout troop is making an appearance to the White House to meet the President and present him with a replica of the White House made out of sugar cubes. But when Lucy and Viv ruin it they decide to rebuild it, as only they can.
Lucy and Viv want to attend night school to better themselves. Lucy wants to create a youth serum while in her chemistry class. When the professor hears about her plan, he plays a trick to teach her a lesson.
A trip with Chris and her friends to Sandy Cove beach leaves Lucy and Viv feeling old. They try, albeit unsuccessfully, to act like teenagers again.
Lucy and Viv act like the typical mothers while at their boys little league baseball games. To much interference gets them banned from the ball park. But that won't stop Lucy.
Lucy helps Jerry with his precious butterfly collection. But she is despondent after releasing one of the butterflies by accident. While on a dinner date, she believes she has spotted his missing butterfly and tries to retrieve it once again.
Lucy and Viv decide to buy a dilapidated boat together and restore it back to sea worthy condition. During a test launch the boat comes loose from the tie downs and drifts off to sea where it springs a leak.
Lucy and Viv both want to play the lead of Cleopatra for an amateur production being directed by Professor Gitterman. Once a compromise is reached were Lucy would play the lead and Viv portraying Marc Antony, the girls both take turns in upstaging each other.
Noting the rising cost of parties the kids are attending, Lucy and Viv decide they can make money by hosting kids parties in their home. They find out that it is a harder job than they expected, and have trouble with the helium filled balloons.
Lucy and Viv join in on a charity softball tournament, but the coach discovers that Lucy has no skill for the game. But an injury forces her into the game anyways.
Lucy's attempt to withdraw money from the Danfield bank hits a snag when she discovers that Mr. Mooney has taken over the job held by Mr. Barnsdahl. His idea of economizing forces Lucy to cut corners financially, including giving her son a haircut. Jerry lets his mother practice on his friend first, which was a good idea since he ends up with a Mohawk hairdo. After finding out that he is the son of Mr. Mooney, Lucy feels she should apologize in person. A series of mistakes finds Lucy and Mr. Mooney locked in the bank's vault.
Lucy accidentally locks Mr. Mooney into the vault again while describing how it happened the first time. Desperate to fix her mistake, Lucy asks to come through the wall of the candy shop next to the bank and into the vault. Unknown to Lucy, the owner of the candy store, Mr. Bundy, was a former thief.
Lucy tells a lie to her new beau that she is a knowledgeable duck hunter. Her skills are soon to be demonstrated when he takes her for a hunt, discovering that all she knows about ducks is how to do a great duck call.
Chris is dating Mr. Mooney's son. She tells about all the new items that the Mooney's have just purchased. When a rumor that the bank books don't seem to balance, Lucy has it in her mind that maybe Mr. Mooney is embezzling from the bank.
Lucy decides she would like some remodeling done in her home, but Mr. Mooney will only allow enough money for a few small jobs to be done. Lucy and Viv figure they can do the big repairs themselves for the amount of money they were allowed, which can only cause more trouble.
Lucy plans on retraining the Volunteer Fire Department by a professional so they can have their contract renewed. To demonstrate their new skills, Lucy plans to show Mr. Mooney personally by setting a fire at the bank.
Lucy is heartbroken when Jerry attends a military academy and makes plans to sneak onto the campus and pay him a visit. Her plan includes dressing as a cadet and blending in with the crowd...this can't be good?
The girls return to Lucy's college reunion to show Chris the campus. Lucy and Viv decide to relive an old tradition by stealing the school founder's statue, a tradition that is being frowned upon by the Dean.
When Sherman accidentally leaves the water running, a large amount of damage occurs to the home. Lucy insists that Viv pay for all the repairs as it was agreed upon in their lease. But a clause in the lease also gives Viv a loophole that would allow her to take possession of the home. Mr. Mooney suggests that they steal the lease away from Viv's clutches before she enacts on the clause.
Viv's cousin Harold is in town for a symphony concert. He suffers from a nervous condition when on stage, so Lucy tries to hypnotize him and calm his condition. It seems to have worked, maybe too well and now can not be awakened. Lucy decides to step in and take his place as the cymbalist for the orchestra.
Lucy needs to get some money from the bank to buy Chris a dress for her first formal dance. Finding out Mr. Mooney is in the hospital with a broken leg, Lucy dons a candy striper outfit in order to get him to sign a check.
Both Lucy and Viv vie for the same man they met at an art store. To get to know him better, both enroll in an art class. But when he chooses Viv over her, Lucy tries to ruin their date but instead destroys his painting.
Chris announces that she and Mr. Mooney's son Ted are going steady. Lucy enlists the help of Mr. Mooney to help break them up with reverse psychology. But Chris gets wind of her scheme and plays a prank on Lucy instead.
Lucy lies about her expertise in playing golf to date Gary. In reality, she hasn't any idea of how the game is played. But a few lessons later and she is ready to be his partner in a big tournament.
Legendary singer Ethel Merman has moved to Danfield under the name of Agnes Schmidlapp, a suggestion from Mr. Mooney to keep down the cost of purchasing a home. Lucy makes a promise to Jerry that she can bring Ethel Merman to sing at his Cub Scout charity show. When it looks like she will end up with egg on her face again, Lucy decides Ms. Schmidlapp looks enough like Ms. Merman to pass physically, if she can only teach her how to sing like the Broadway legend.
Ethel Merman, AKA Agnes Schmidlapp, is staying with Lucy and Viv and has agreed to sing at the Cub Scout charity show. As the girls create the costumes, Lucy becomes a bit resentful that she can not perform at the show. Agnes whips up an act for Lucy, Viv and Mr. Mooney.
Lucy has her eyes set on a restaurant for Viv to purchase with her life savings. Remodeling seems to have effect on the success of the eatery. When Mr. Mooney gets wind of a new highway being built nearby, he suddenly has an interest in being made a partner. But will the new road help or hinder the restaurant's ultimate success?
Always in need of money...this time to buy Jerry a tuba, Lucy is given a job at the bank by Mr. Mooney to distribute toasters to the customers who open a new account. She asks her friend Audrey to withdraw all her money to create a new account, but rumors spread that the bank is in financial trouble, creating a panic.
Lucy and Viv's arguing leads to her decision to take Sherman and move out. Mr. Mooney informs Lucy that she will need to take in another boarder to help pay the bills. Enter Roberta Schaeffer and her son Bob, a pair of entertainers who need to practice day and night, driving Lucy insane. Meanwhile, Viv has a change of heart and wants to return. They will need the help of Mr. Mooney to find the Schaeffer's work.
To stop Mr. Mooney's dog Nelson from barking, Lucy takes him to court. Just as the court proceedings couldn't get any worse, Lucy decides to cross examine Nelson, the dog.
Lucy's wish to meet an Italian millionaire in person becomes a disaster when she discovers he doesn't speak English. Mr. Mooney's offer to translate for her was just a ruse to embarrass Lucy. And to make things worse, she accidentally dumps a bowl of pasta into his lap while on their date. Her attempt to retrieve his tuxedo from the cleaners ends up with Lucy in a vat of green dye.
Lucy and Viv volunteer to ''help'' Mr. Mooney on his campaign to become the city comptroller. Along the way they manage to destroy his huge campaign poster and mess up the scheduled entertainment for his rally, leaving the girls to fill in.
Jerry's Cub Scout troupe has a chance to win a trip to the World's Fair in New York City. But there chances are dashed when their troupe leader must miss the camp out and is replaced by Lucy and Viv. But when the scouts use their ingenuity to rescue a missing Lucy, Viv and Mr. Mooney, they get their shot of winning the trip.
Always in need of money, Lucy is hired by an attorney as a process server. One of her first clients to serve with a subpoena ?...Mr. Mooney! While tracking him down, Lucy ends up as a stowaway aboard a cruise ship, scheduled for a 28 day trip.
Lucy tries to out-do Viv in a baking contest after she is ridiculed for her baking skills. The contestants each take turns at switching the bake goods around to gain the advantage, which only leads to a pie fight.
Realizing that she no longer spends as much quality time with Chris as she used to, Lucy joins her in a day of rollerskating. But when she returns home Lucy discovers that her feet have swollen, and she can not remove her skates. Having a dance at the country club that evening, Lucy is forced to wear the skates to the formal.
Lucy's new plumber is a dead ringer for Jack Benny.
Lucy once again lies to the new man in her life, this time it is about her knowledge of skiing. Having never had a pair of skis on in her life, she enlists the help of Mr. Mooney to teach her. When his frustration ends the lessons, Lucy is convinced she can teach herself all she needs to know.
Lucy purchases a poor quality fur coat for $100. She wants to replace it but will need money from Mr. Mooney. It happens that he is away and his replacement is an old flame of Lucy's, yet she can't remember either his name or pet name. She decides to fake amnesia as a scheme to get her hands on the cash.
With the World's Fair in the area, Lucy and Viv decide they can make some easy money by renting out some rooms in their home. Unfortunately, the tenants turn out to be a pair of bank robbers who have stored their stolen loot in Lucy's mattress.
Jerry and Sherman are off to Summer camp. But when the girls find out they can't afford the final two weeks stay, they volunteer to fill in for the camp cook in exchange for their fee. But leaving Lucy and Viv in charge of a kitchen can spell disaster.
Becoming a meter maid has seemed to have engulfed Lucy with a feeling of power. This includes citing Viv with a bunch of minor offenses, sending her to traffic court. The judge must now keep track of the charges while the girls bicker between back and forth.
Lucy's job in the police force includes being a decoy for the mashers at lover's lane. When she messes up the stake out she decides to enlist Viv to make her look good. She has Viv dress up as the mugger so Lucy can make a fake bust.
Since Jerry has no father, Lucy gets permission to accompany him on a father-son trip. But the other dads plan to make things as hard as possible for her, hoping she will leave on her own.
Vanity forces Lucy to purchase contact lenses instead of a pair of glasses. While baking a cake for the charity bake sale for the bank, Lucy loses one of her contacts into the batter. She discovers that Mrs. Mooney had purchased her cake and must bake another, break into their home and make a switch to retrieve the contact.
While hosting the Danfield Art Society for a luncheon, Lucy and Viv become jealous when they find out all the women of distinction have a maid. Lucy figures she can afford her own maid if she becomes a maid herself for a rich society matron. Her first assignment is to serve lunch to the Danfield Art Society.
The girls are left in charge of Mr. Mooney's parakeet, Greenback. Lucy manages to let the bird fly off and out the door. As anyone else would do, Lucy and Viv head off to the pet store to find a replacement. But only the pet owner can tell...
When Jerry finds a penny worth fifty cents, Lucy figures if they traded in cash money for pennies, that maybe they will find a hidden treasure. They return home with one coin worth $16.50, but Lucy manages to lose it down a storm drain along the way. Not to be beat, the girls don workers overalls and go hunting for the lost coin.
Lucy takes a job as a door-to-door salesman, hawking vacuum cleaners. While at the Mooney household, Lucy manages to suck up a $3,000 rare stamp he has in his collection. Problem is, she has been at a few more houses since and has emptied out the bag as a demonstration. Discovering the location of the lost stamp, Lucy finds out the lady of the house has pasted it on a letter and deposited it in the mailbox. Lucy desperately tries to rescue the stamp before the post office cancels it.
Lucy makes a promise to get tickets for The Danny Kaye Show. When she comes up empty, Lucy tracks Danny down and begs him for some seats for the show. Instead of watching the show, Danny invites Lucy, Viv and the kids to play extras for the series. But as usual, Lucy makes her way to the front of the action.
Lucy and Viv are left in charge of Mrs. Mooney's birthday present, a ceramic cat statue. While in their possession they manage to break it. A duplicate statue can be found in a store front window, and she will do anything to get her hands on it.
Lucy and Viv win a pair of tickets to Las Vegas but have no fun since they are broke. They disguise themselves as a wealthy couple of gamblers in order to make their way around the clubs.
Lucy has a nightmare after seeing a scary movie. She dreams she and Viv are stranded in a haunted house and are made into witches.
Lucy's broke friend, Countess Framboise, comes for a visit while Viv is away. Mr. Mooney is taken by the woman and helps the wrangle an invitation to a wine tasting party in hopes of coping a good meal, but end up getting drunk in the process.
To earn some money, the Countess opens a charm school in Danfield. To receive a backer, she disguises Lucy as a cleaning woman to use as her first subject to change into a lady. Her backers, the Dunbar's, throw a party to show off the Countess' work. During the party, Lucy consumes caviar, a food she is allergic to.
Mr. Mooney begs Lucy and Countess to join the fat farm he has invested in to feign its going bankrupt. But the pair can't stand the daily regimen they are put through.
The Countess has European friends arriving for a visit. She needs to borrow a deluxe mansion to pass off as her own. All she can get is a beat up home which will need plenty of work to make it look presentable. With Lucy's help, they manage to clean, paint, wallpaper and reupholster the house in time for her friends arrival. Hopefully, the repairs have had time to dry first.
Lucy and Viv head to Virginia to convince Arthur Godfrey to perform in the Danfield founder's day play.
Lucy schemes money out of Mr. Mooney to attend a beauty treatment salon. Little does she know that a hidden camera TV show is using the salon for filming. Once Lucy discovers what has happened, she must find a way to get a hold of the film.
Once Lucy buys a share of stock at the bank, she makes it her business to enlist the services of a wealthy psychiatrist as a client. The doctor specializes in hypnotizing and ends up putting Lucy, Viv and Mr. Mooney under his spell, all acting as children.
Lucy wins a contest from a local radio station in which she becomes a DJ for a day. She manages, as only she can, to destroy the studio.
Lucy moves her family from NY to California. Chris has entered college and Jerry is attending a military school. The school is having a field trip to Marineland, but Jerry is deemed ineligible since he is not officially in school yet. Lucy begs Mr. Mooney (who also has transfered to California and works at a bank there) to bring her and Jerry to the park anyways.
Mary Jane Lewis, Lucy's new neighbor, sets her up with a date who just happens to be a full foot shorter than she is and extremely shy. But when they visit a Greek restaurant all changes, as her date becomes a tiger.
Lucy goes to work for Mr. Miller, the president of a record company. Lucy attempts to get her songwriting neighbor his big break in the industry. But they are not interested in his style of music. Lucy helps him rework his song and get a shot with a youth oriented TV show called "Wing Ding."
Lucy meets two more new neighbors, Joan and Keith. The girls become good friends and try to set Lucy up with Keith for a date.
When Joan's boyfriend, a stuntman, injures his back at Lucy's home, she suggests that Lucy take his place for a movie being shot. Lucy agrees since she needs to raise money to buy a fur coat that is on sale.
The Countess pays a visit to Lucy, with luggage in tow and no money. Her one asset, a pregnant racehorse, is in need of a place to birth her foal, with a financial assist from Mr. Mooney.
Mr. Mooney reluctantly gives Lucy a part-time job at the bank. As a test she is responsible for delivering a letter to a TV studio. While there, Lucy winds up on the Danny Thomas Show.
The Countess has taken up real estate sales. Lucy helps out by recruiting Mr. Mooney as a client, pushing him to rent an luxurious downtown apartment. The three of them wind up locked in the building for the weekend without any food or water.
Lucy's visit to a building under construction that Mr. Mooney's bank is financing, she falls from the site into the arms of a muscular workman. He is invited to her home for a date but arrives exhausted from a hard say at work. He tells Lucy that he can not fall asleep since he was a trained commando, ready to attack if awakened.
A recent viewing of a James Bond film has the imaginations of Lucy, the Countess and Mr. Mooney running wild as they encounter a pair of suspicious looking men while out for dinner. The trio scheme to trap the shady duo but discover that they are also being watched.
Mr. Mooney hands Lucy and Mary Jane a pair of winning racehorse tickets when a prominent client walks by. Lucy unknowingly tear up the tickets as junk. She goes to work again as Ironman Carmichael to earn his money back.
Lucy, Mary Jane and Mr. Mooney choose a soup kitchen as a means of doing charity work. Also there is Milton Berle incognito, doing research for a movie about living on the streets. Lucy believes that he is really Arthur, Milton's impoverished twin brother, whom she wants to help rehabilitate.
Christmas has come once again and Lucy would like for the students at Jerry's military academy to sing carols at the bank. Lucy enlists the help from Mr. Mooney as the bass singer.
Lucy loses Mr. Mooney's dog, Nelson, once again. Luckily, he was found by a young farmhand named Wayne. Lucy discovers he has talent as a singer and musician and is soon given a tryout with Mr. Morton, a record producer.
Lucy hunts down Mr. Mooney at an Indian hotel to give him some papers he forgot to sign. The local natives believe that she is the rain goddess and persuade her to dance for them or Mr. Mooney will be injured.
As a contestant on the Art Linkletter Show, Lucy must remain silent for 24 in order to win $200. Unknown to her, a plant has been ordered to show up at her residence as a burglar to scare her.
Lucy tries to outdo a socialite by purchasing a beautiful dinette set ahead of her. After she discovers how much it costs, Lucy must take a job in the store to pay for it.
Mickey Rooney comes to the bank to ask Mr. Mooney for a loan to open a new acting school. Lucy and Mr. Mooney decide they want to join the classes themselves.
Lucy's neighbor is an actor in her favorite soap opera. She fears that the writers are planning his demise and does some snooping to see what the plans are for his character, with hopes of changing their minds.
Lucy takes over a "Map to the Stars" business from a friend who is moving back east. Yearning to be involved with the movie scene, Lucy dons an ushers uniform and attends a Hollywood premiere.
Mary Jane gets Lucy a date with Dean Martin's stunt double to attend a Hollywood charity ball and auction. When her date finds out he will be busy that night, Dean steps in as her date.
A new client, Bob Crane, makes a stop in the bank and is fascinated by Lucy. While on a dinner date they are noticed by Mr. Mooney and a movie director. She is goaded into working as Ironman Carmichael, stuntman supreme.
Lucy uses the know-how of a inventor/neighbor to help build a robot as a means of controlling a bratty child while she babysits.
Lucy knits a red sweater for her new boyfriend, a hunky construction worker. Unknown to her is that he despises the color red.
An FBI agent discovers that Lucy is a dead ringer for a soon to be paroled gangster's moll, and gets her to portray the moll as a means to find some stolen loot.
Lucy shows off an unknown strength after a heavy computer is dropped on Mr. Mooney's foot and she lifts it back off of him. Problem is, her adrenal gland now seems to be stuck as she still has this great power.
George Burns meets Lucy while visiting the bank for his dividend check. He is taken by her wacky personality and believes that they can make it big as a stage act together. But will she be able to leave Mr. Mooney and her home behind?
Mr. Mooney is called in for his National Reserves training aboard a submarine. Unfortunately, he forgot to sign some important documents before leaving. Lucy gets an idea that if she dressed as a sailor, she could sneak aboard the sub undetected. But what she didn't expect was to be stuck as a stowaway.
Lucy schemes to earn money for new apartment furniture after seeing an ad for baked beans. The slogan reads "Double your money back if our baked beans are not the best you've ever tasted." She and Mary Jane buy up cases of the beans with the plan of returning them, doubling their investment.
Mr. Mooney is desperate to find a star act for the bank employees show. Lucy comes through by getting ventriloquist Paul Winchell as a guest. Unfortunately, Lucy is put in charge of bringing his dummies to the show. On the way, she leaves them behind in a cab, causing Lucy to fill in as Tessie, one of his dummies.
Lucy tries on a diamond ring that Mr. Mooney bought as a gift for his wife. When the ring gets stuck on her finger, Mr. Mooney gives her a tranquilizer in order to relax her, hoping the ring will slip off. Instead, it causes her to become limp, forcing Mr. Mooney to carry back home.
Lucy wins a trip to London when she sends in a winning dog food jingle. The man in the seat next to her just happens to be Mr. Mooney, making for a long trip.
A lack of money once again has Lucy looking for a room mate. This time she welcomes a shy, librarian named Carol Bradford. But soon her timidness gets on Lucy's nerves.
Lucy wants to accompany Carol and her singing group, The Vagabonds, to a concert at a charity golf tournament. When Mr. Mooney refuses to let her have time off from the bank, Lucy feigns an illness. While in Palm Springs Lucy schmoozes with the golfers. Unknown to her is Mr. Mooney is in attendance.
Lucy receives a draft notice from the US Marine Corps that was meant for Lou C. Carmichael. No matter how much she protests, the Marines won't admit their mistake. She is sent off to boot camp awaiting her discharge orders.
Mary Jane invites Lucy for lunch at the movie studio in which she works. While walking around, Lucy bumps into actor John Wayne. Meanwhile, Mary Jane makes arrangements for Lucy to visit the sound stage where John Wayne is filming a scene. She soon reeks havoc upon the set.
Mr. Mooney is suffering from a bad case of insomnia. Lucy invites him to a nightclub where they get picked to be hypnotized by Pat Collins. Mr. Mooney is given a post hypnotic suggestion to help him sleep.
Lucy has been working hard lately, too hard in Mary Jane's opinion. She warns Lucy that if she didn't slow down she will start hallucinating. A client, comedian Bob Bailey, is in Mr. Mooney's office along with his trained chimpanzee. Lucy mistakes the chimp as being Mr. Mooney.
A new efficiency expert has been hired by the bank and soon takes over Mr. Mooney's office, not to mention taking Lucy as his personal assistant.
Lucy is off for a vacation at Lake Arrowhead, California. Her replacement at the bank, Audrey Fields, has plans on staying on a bit longer than Lucy expects, as in permanently. Its up to Lucy to figure how to get her position back.
Viv comes for a visit and tells Lucy about the son of an old friend, Herbie Watson, is now a dirty, unwashed hippie. Lucy and Viv arrive at his hang out in disguise to reform him back to his old, conventional ways.
An argument with Mr. Mooney over Lucy's efficiency finds her looking for a new job. Lacking in skills, an employment agency gets her a job as a babysitter, for a chimpanzee.
Lucy and Mr. Mooney are sent to Bancroft to check out an area that the bank is financing for a new freeway. A neighbor of Lucy gets the idea that the highway will be bad for the town and forms a local protest.
Lucy, Mr. Mooney and Mel Tinker want some press about the freeway situation in Bancroft. The do everything from forming a rally to staging a phony shoot out in hopes of receiving any media coverage.
Lucy is arrested when a red headed jewel thief slips the stolen goods into her purse. While in jail, Lucy is hounded by a pair of thugs as she awaits the capture of the true robber.
Ex-fighter Eddie Rickles is denied a loan from Mr. Mooney at the bank, squashing his plans of opening a flower shop. Lucy offers to train Eddie to fight agin and raise enough money to open his shop.
The bank is in a slump for opening new accounts, and Mr. Mooney has his eyes on a rich country music singer, Homer Higgins, as a possible new client. Lucy suggests the bank hold a barn dance to woo Homer in and make him feel comfortable.
Lucy overhears a conversation by TV producer Sheldon Leonard that he wanted to "shoot the bank," mistaking it for a attempted robbery. She and Mary Jane plan to capture the "thief" before he can pull off the heist.
Lucy is given time off from the bank to be a personal secretary for Milton Berle. When she overhears a conversation over an intercom, she believes he is planning an affair with actress Ruta Lee. Feeling disgusted, Lucy lets Milton know exactly how she feels about his indiscretion.
Lucy fakes an illness to attend a big sale at a department store. When she enters the doors, she finds out she is the 10 millionth customer, winning all sorts of prizes. But all is not wonderful when Mr. Mooney sees her picture in the newspaper the next day.
Lucy jumps at the chance to help a handsome Italian movie star dictate a letter. But when she drinks a bit too much champagne, she comes close to losing her job.
Lucy is assigned to show Mr. Cheever's nephew Tommy, around the bank and get him acquainted to the business. But along the way she discovers he really wants to be a performer and has a great singing voice. Lucy invites a producer into the bank who unknowingly will be hearing an audition.
A new bank policy requires all employees to be high school graduates. Lucy had never finished with her education and must go back to class.
Jack Benny agrees to move his money to the bank if Lucy can prove that their vault is safer than his.
Mr. Heatherton, the elderly bank president has arrived for a visit. Mr. Mooney asks Lucy to masquerade as Amelia Van Dyne, an old woman as an escort for Mr. Heatherton since Mr. Mooney had forgot to set up a date for him.
Chuck Willis, a poor trucker is denied a loan from the bank. Lucy suggests he enters a Robert Goulet look-a-like contest to win some money.
Lucy adds 48 cents to the bank till to even out the books. When Mr. Cheever hears of what is going on he fires Mr. Mooney, feeling he had a part in the cover up. Lucy tries to make Mr. Cheever feel he is going nuts in order to get Mr. Mooney reinstated.
Lucy receives a letter stating that someone is coming for a stay but accidentally tears up the note before reading who sent it. The writer was her health conscience Aunt Agatha, who has strict rules about nutrition and exercise for everyone to follow.
Lucy gives a bum a hot meal and asks Mr. Mooney for a job in the bank to get him back on his feet again. Meanwhile, Mr. Mooney overhears that a millionaire has been posing as a vagabond and handing out money to Good Samaritans.
Lucy is injured when she works at the home of Mr. Mooney and plans on suing him for her pain and suffering. She enlists the services of an attorney, a cousin of Mary Jane, named Willy Wiley. Willy is a shyster who sees a fortune to be made in this case and plans on suing Mr. Mooney for all he has.
Lucy enters a billiards competition at a local pool hall. Her opponent, Laura Winthrop, looks vaguely familiar though to her, in fact she looks a bit like Ace, a pool hustler.
Lucy attends a flight attendant school and is paired up with Carol Tilford, a woman who is afraid of heights. Trouble ensues on their first flight as the passenger's film breaks. Lucy and decide they can save the day by entertaining the passengers themselves.
Lucy and Carol have earned their flight attendant wings. Meanwhile, Mr. Mooney asks them to team up with Buddy Rodgers and Richard Arlen from the silent film classic Wings, to perform in a stage musical.
Viv returns to nurse Lucy who has broken her leg. But it's Mr. Mooney who looks more like a Florence Nightingale after Viv falls and breaks her leg also.
Having broken Mr. Mooney's television she borrowed, Lucy takes on a job as a carhop at a drive-in. When a motorcyclist she encounters is accused of stealing cars, Lucy takes it upon herself to stand up for him.
While at a bank convention, Mr. Mooney encounters dome innocent flirtation with a woman. When she comes to L.A., she insists that he had made promises of marriage to her. Lucy pretends to be Mrs. Mooney to portray how wicked a man he really is.
A business dealing with a shady character for a fur stole has Mr. Mooney landing in jail for theft. But when Lucy gets involved in proving his innocence, they find themselves being arrested over and over again.
Lucy brings home a drunken, lounge singer in hopes of drying him out. With her help, he finishes a "could be" hit song, if Lucy's singing doesn't drive him to drink again.
When Ken is denied a loan from the bank to open a dance studio, Lucy attempts to help him out by getting him some much needed publicity. Her idea is to take a bunch of truckers and turn them into dancers in front of reporters.
Lucy and Viv get the wrong idea when they knock on the door of Joan Crawford and see her home empty of any furniture. They believe she has fallen on hard times but do not know she is really having it restored.
There is a forger running around town who looks like Sid Caesar. Sid asks for Lucy's help in catching him while working at the bank.
Lucy campaigns for Mr. Mooney to be named "Boss of the Year" to ensure his chance of getting a job as president of a bank in San Fransisco.